Securing device for wrist-watches.



C. L. DEPOLLIER.

SECURING DEVICE FOR WRIST WATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.22. 1916.

1,202,273. V Patented Oct. 24,1916.

INVENTOR W/ TNESS:

CHARLES L. DEPOLLIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SECURING DEVICE FOR WRIST-WATCHES.

Application filed January 22, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES L. DEPOLLIER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, in the county of Kings, inthe State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Securing Devices for VVrist-Watches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates particularly to devices by which straps or ribbons are connected to watches to be used as WllStW2l.tCll6S. Such devices usually comprise a loop of metal with a straight bar which is passed through a loop at the end of a strap and a hook or an eye extended from the loop or bar in the plane of the strap to engage a bow or eye secured to the watch. WVith such devices there is a substantial distance between the end of the strap and the edge a 'of the watch and, especially for mens wear,

the existence of such a space between the strap and the watch gives an appearance of insecurity and discloses more or less metal between the strap and the watch which is thought by some to give an appearance of femininity. It is the object of this invention to provide a securing device of this general character which shall bring the end of the strap in close proximity to the edge of the watch without showing any metal connection between. To accomplish this purpose the improved fastening device is provided, in the same transverse plane with the bar which is engaged by the strap, with a stud which is adapted to enter the bow or an eye on the watch-case, the bar therefore standing in close proximityto the'edge of the watch. The fastening device may beopened readily to permit it to be disengaged either from the watch or from the strap or from both, but it is so constructed that when it has once been engaged with the strap and the watch it is not likely to be disengaged accidentally.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a watch, wristlet and connecting devices which embody the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing a portion of a watch with the connecting device engaged therewith, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Serial No. 73,535.

wristlet or strap not being shown. Fig. 3

is a detail view of a further embodiment of the invention.

The wristlet, which may be of leather ribbon or other suitable material, and 0 any suitable character,'is shown in Fig. 1 as having two parts d and e connected by an ordinary buckle 7". Each part is formed at the end next the watch with a loop or eye, such as that shown at 6, adapted for engagement with the connecting device 9'. The latter is formed as a frame having a bar 9 adapted to enter the eye or loop 6 of the strap, and a bar 9 which carries in the same plane with the bars 9' and g transverse to the plane of the strap-end, a stud g which is adapted to enter either the usual watch-bow a of the watch a or an eye a which may be secured to the watch case in any suitable manner. The device or frame 9 is so constructed that it may be readily'engaged with and disengaged from the strap or eye or bow, but shall be retained securely in engagement with both whenever this engagement is desired.

The guard-bar is shown as formed in one integral piece with the bar 9 and parallel therewith, the two being pivoted at 9 upon the bar 9 or its end member at a point slightly above the end of the stud 9 the bar 9* being provided with other studs g which are adapted to rest against the bar when the device is in use and thereby support the bar 9 without requiring it to be very heavy. The bar g therefore overlies the end of the stud g and prevents the strap or ribbon from coming in contact with the end thereof, forming a smooth bar over which the bar or ribbon may slide freely. As the bar 9 in this construction moves with the bar 9, it is preferable to hinge or pivot the end member g upon the end of the bar 9 In the use of the improved connectingdevice the stud g is slipped into the bow or eye of the watch-case and, the frame then being open, the bar g is passed through the eye or loop 6 of the strap or wristlet. The frame is then closed, the hinged or pivoted members being engaged with the intermediate members, whereby the strap is seallel with the first andconnected thereto, a

third bar hingedly connected at one end with the second bar to swing in the same plane therewith and provided at the other end with detachable means to hold it'in fixed relation to the second bar, and a stud carried by one of the last named bars in'the same plane with both of the tWo last named Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

bars. and having its free end in close relationship with the other of: said last named bars, and adapted to engage the loop or eye of a watch and to be prevented by the opposite bar from disengagement therefrom.

This specification signed this 20th day of January A. D. 1916.

CHARLES L. DEPOLLIER.

Washington, D. C. 

